ÆLFRIC'S HOMILIES.
(THIRD SERIES.)
[Cotton MS. Julius E. VII, fol. 120, back. Partially collated with G.(= Gloucester fragments, ed. Earle) and O.(=Otlio B. 10); both very imperfect.]
XXIII B.
DE TRANSITU MARIAE AEGYPTTACE.
-pw AS Hekigendlicestan gehwykfednysse 8eg]:'er ge dseda ge Ay J)eawa . and pSL imcclan lireowsunga . and swa ellenlic gewinn jpsere arwurSan ^ egyptiscan marian . hu heo liyre lifes tida on J^am 4 westene gefylde . of grecisc gej^eode on Iseden gewende . paulus se arwur^a diacon . ^ancte nedpolis J^sere cyrcan .
Witodlice hit is gersed ])cet raplialiel se heah-engel wsere to tobie . sprecende . aefter J^sera eagena forlsetnysse . and eft sefter 8 ]?8era wulderfsestan onlihtnysse . and sefter J^am for'S-gewitendum frecednyssum . Ipe h^ of genered wses . and J^us . cwce'S . soSlice hit is swi'Se derigendlic Ipcet [man] ^ mancynnes digle geopenige . and eft J)8ere sawle is micel genySrung . pcet mon pa. wuldorfsestan
12 godes weorc bediglige . for f>am J^ingum ic nsenige J)inga ne for-su- wige pa halgan gersecednyssa . se me gecydde pcet ic on gefealle on f)one genycSredan cwyde psds slawan peaAvas ^ . se J^one onfange- nan tdlent fram his hlaforde butan geweaxnysse ahydde on eor'San .
16 ac ne sy m6 ndn man to tingeleafful be J?am })ingum writende pe ic gehyrde . and ge-axode on })issa wisan . ne gewur'Se hit p(^t ic on J)am halgum gerecednyssum wsege ofjjje ic pa, sprsece forsuwige :
ITEM RATIO DE EADEM.
SUM WER W^S ON ANUM MYNSTRE ON PALESTINA 'S^RE ms^gpe
on his lifes J?eawum he wses swif)e gefrsetewod . se wses fram cild-hade on munuclicum j^eawum heahce getyd . and gelsered . se
^ Leaf 121. ^ nian seems required ?iere. ^ Sic; read l>4owes.
